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authorChristopher Allan Webber <cwebber@dustycloud.org>2013-07-25 15:15:49 -0500
committerChristopher Allan Webber <cwebber@dustycloud.org>2013-07-25 15:15:49 -0500
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Set up in-package virtualenv via make
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@@ -163,12 +163,23 @@ Clone the MediaGoblin repository and set up the git submodules::
cd mediagoblin
git submodule init && git submodule update
-And set up the in-package virtualenv::
+Set up the in-package virtualenv via make:
- (virtualenv --system-site-packages . || virtualenv .) && ./bin/python setup.py develop
+ ./bootstrap.sh && ./configure && make
.. note::
+ Prefer not to use make, or want to use the "old way" of installing
+ MediaGoblin (maybe you know how to use virtualenv and python
+ packaging)? You still can! All that the above make script is doing
+ is installing an in-package virtualenv and running
+
+ ./bin/python setup.py develop
+
+.. ::
+
+ (NOTE: Is this still relevant?)
+
If you have problems here, consider trying to install virtualenv
with the ``--distribute`` or ``--no-site-packages`` options. If
your system's default Python is in the 3.x series you may need to